08-30-2017, 05:47 AM
(08-30-2017, 02:01 AM)Grace Wrote: Great thread, and excellent examples.
The thing about human nature in general, is that there is a subset of people who literally believe everything they either read or hear, and it doesn't have to be an actual hoax.
A more recent example of utilizing this subset of people, is an advertisement created by artist Adam Padilla:
This was a hoax, but people were running around discussing the horror of marketing vape gear to infants. Later people found out that Adam Padilla has Pfizer as one of his big name clients, although he denies Pfizer pharmaceutical had anything to do with his creating this meme as a hoax.
If Pfizer DID pay for it as a means to blacken the name of the vaping industry, it was just one way to utilize those who will believe anything to their advantage.
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Where can we get those for the grand kids? If I can get stocked up on 'em, I might be persuaded to stop teaching them how to chew snuff...
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’